€50,000 EPT Super High Roller Day 1 | 2024 PokerStars EPT Prague

12-08-2024 13:49 UTC+1

Buldygin Bluffs into the Nuts

Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With around 19,000 in the middle on a board of A♠10♥6♠7♥. Viacheslav Buldygin checked from early position and faced a bet of 12,000 by Sergey Lebedev from the hijack. Buldygin check-raised to 45,000 and Lebedev called.

The Q♣ fell on the river and Buldygin shoved for roughly 100,000. Lebedev snap-called.

Buldygin showed king-high with K♥9♥ for a missed combo-draw. Lebedev flipped over K♠J♠ for the rivered nut straight, sending Buldygin to the rail.

Buldygin quickly reentered and is sat with a fresh starting stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Lebedev	410,000 155,000	155,000
Viacheslav Buldygin	250,000 95,000	95,000

Tags: Sergey Lebedev Viacheslav Buldygin

12-08-2024 13:39 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Extends Lead

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Will Shillibier

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Markkos Ladev raised to 2,500 and Nikita Kuznetsov called in the blinds. The flop was Q♣10♠9♦ with Kuznetsov check-calling 2,000.

The 2♣ turn saw Kuznetsov check-call 10,000 and he checked the 10♥ river to Ladev who checked behind.

Kuznetsov tabled 10♣9♠ for a full house and took down the pot.

"Why no value bet?" he asked Ladev as he extended his lead at the top of the chip counts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	430,000 15,000	15,000
Markkos Ladev	245,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Markkos Ladev Nikita Kuznetsov

12-08-2024 13:35 UTC+1

New Arrivals

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Tim Baker

Level 2 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Yaroshevskyy	250,000
Ilya Nikiforov	250,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

12-08-2024 13:31 UTC+1

Ladev Wins With Aces

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Artisom Lasouski raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and Espen Jorstad called from the button. Markkos Ladev squeezed to 11,500 which only got called by Jorstad.

Ladev checked the 2♣8♥6♦ flop and faced a bet of 7,000 from Jorstad. Ladev called.

Both players checked down the 8♦ turn and 7♣ river. Ladev flipped over A♦A♠ for a pair of aces to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	250,000
Espen Jorstad	240,000

Artsiom Lasouski	73,000 2,000	2,000

Tags: Espen Jorstad Markkos Ladev

12-08-2024 13:26 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Shoves Again

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Steve O'Dwyer opened to 3,000 from the button and was called by Sergey Lebedev in the small blind. Yauheni Tsiareshchanka was in the big blind and three-bet to 15,000.

O'Dwyer then shoved and got two quick folds. He's the clear chip leader at Table 2 as the first level of the day draws to a close.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	380,000 40,000	40,000

Sergey Lebedev	255,000 5,000	5,000
Teun Mulder	255,000 2,000	2,000
Maksim Vaskresenski	245,000 3,000	3,000
Sam Grafton	245,000 10,000	10,000

Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	200,000 30,000	30,000
Viacheslav Buldygin	155,000 5,000	5,000

Tags: Sergey Lebedev Steve O'Dwyer Yauheni Tsiareshchanka

12-08-2024 13:21 UTC+1

O'Dwyer Shoves on Buldygin

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Viacheslav Buldygin called from the small blind before Steve O'Dwyer raised to 4,500 from the big blind. Buldygin called.

Buldygin check-called a bet of 7,000 from O'Dwyer on the A♣K♠5♠ flop.

The two players checked the 7♠ turn for the 4♣ to hit the river. Buldygin led out with an overbet of 55,000 and after a few moments, O'Dwyer raised enough to put Buldygin all in. Buldygin had roughly 160,000 remaining in his stack and after a brief pause, tossed his cards into the muck.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve O'Dwyer	340,000 70,000	70,000

Viacheslav Buldygin	160,000 90,000	90,000

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Viacheslav Buldygin

12-08-2024 13:19 UTC+1

Lasouski Trending Down

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Artsiom Lasouski opened to 2,500 and called a three-bet from Markkos Ladev to 8,000. The flop was K♣Q♦2♣ and Lasouski check-called 6,000.

The turn was the 8♠ and Lasouski checked. Ladev bet 20,000 and Lasouski quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Markkos Ladev	250,000 35,000	35,000
Artsiom Lasouski	75,000 35,000	35,000

Tags: Markkos Ladev Artsiom Lasouski

12-08-2024 13:06 UTC+1

Grafton Takes From Tsiareshchanka

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Tim Baker

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Yauheni Tsiareshchanka raised to 3,000 with only Sam Grafton calling out of the big blind.

Grafton checked the 8♣3♥6♦ flop and Tsiareshchanka bet 5,000. Grafton check-raised to 20,000 and Tsiareshchanka called.

The A♠ turn got checked through and the 5♥ came on the river. Grafton bet 35,000 and Tsiareshchanka quickly folded.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Grafton	255,000 40,000	40,000

Yauheni Tsiareshchanka	230,000 25,000	25,000

Tags: Sam Grafton Yauheni Tsiareshchanka

12-08-2024 13:06 UTC+1

Kuznetsov Shoves on Lasouski

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Will Shillibier

Level 1 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Nikita Kuznetsov opened from the button and called a three-bet from Artsiom Lasouski in the small blind.

The flop came J♣10♥2♥ and Lasouski continued for 17,000. Kuznetsov called. With around 55,000 in the middle already, Lasouski bet again on the 5♣ turn for 51,000 and Kuznetsov called.

Lasouski used a time bank after the 8♦ was dealt on the river before betting 65,000. Kuznetsov used two time banks before moving all in, with Lasouski quickly folding.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nikita Kuznetsov	415,000 165,000	165,000
Artsiom Lasouski	110,000 140,000	140,000

Tags: Artsiom Lasouski Nikita Kuznetsov